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Death is not an equalizer. Just because the beggar dies just the same as the rich man, that death doesn't undo any of the beggar's suffering nor any of the rich man's gluttony. There most likely is no afterlife in which those who have suffered are rewarded and those who inflicted suffering punished.


But it is in a way, where the beggar does not have to suffer for eternity, and the rich man's luxury also cannot last forever.


And the beggar is supposed to be happy about this? "Ah yeah, life sucked, but at least that other dude died". Who thinks this way?


schadenfreude




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